Brackla underground civil defence bunker (RGHQ 8.2)

[Paul W]

I am undertaking a research project on this site and has anyone any
information on this "bunker"? The info available via the Internet/written
texts is extremely vague and any further information would be appreciated.
For example: It was sold in 1995, who owns it now? Finding details of this
site is proving extremely difficult.

Thanks!

[M.J.Powell]

In article <7p6nm4$4bq$1...@apple.news.easynet.net>, Paul W
<pwhi...@ukonline.co.uk> writes

Suggest you try uk.rec.subterrania

Mike
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M.J.Powell.

[r...@cix.co.uk]

The agents who sold it were WS Atkins in Cardiff, they may help.

[Alex Menadue]

They've just built a new road to it recently, rumour has it that it might be
used to store equipment for emergencies if things go a little pear shaped on
Millenium's Eve.
Just a thought.
Alex

[MARC]

Alex Menadue <fra...@lineone.net> wrote:

> rumour has it that it might be
> used to store equipment for emergencies if things go a little pear shaped on
> Millenium's Eve.

Thats why the Rec Centre in Bridgend is not having a New Years Eve do
this year , cos its a Regional Emergency Centre.

Marc

[Andy]

In article <1dws4a5.17l...@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk>, MARC
<ma...@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> writes

> Thats why the Rec Centre in Bridgend is not having a New Years Eve do
>this year , cos its a Regional Emergency Centre.
>
>Marc

ROTF

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Andy

[Alex Menadue]

MARC wrote in message

> Thats why the Rec Centre in Bridgend is not having a New Years Eve do
>this year , cos its a Regional Emergency Centre.

I'd read that somewhere too, maybe the authorities know something we
don't!!!!!

Alex

[Nigel Thomas]

Is this the tunnels into the north side of Brackla. A few yrs ago when I
first got a mountain bike we used to have the occasional trip to explore the
tunnels. They were open then & could be reached by what I suppose was a
dismantled railway line. They only seemed to go into the hill about 100ft or
so. Are they closed off now?

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[Richard Dunstone]

For £10 the Land Registry will tell you who owns it. They're based in
Llansamlet, Swansea and were very helpful when I last visited them.

Was it a Royal Observer Corps bunker? Most of those were sold off in
the mid '90s when the corps was disbanded. You won't find much
information about them before the sale, because they were very hush
hush, but I remember quite a few articles in the press at the time of
the sale.

Brackla also has, or had, a huge sprawling WWII explosive works with
underground train tunnels, blast shelters, bunkers and so on. They
were busily demolishing and burying it when I last visited.

RichD

[Paul W]

> Was it a Royal Observer Corps bunker? Most of those were sold off in
> the mid '90s when the corps was disbanded. You won't find much
> information about them before the sale, because they were very hush
> hush, but I remember quite a few articles in the press at the time of
> the sale.

The bunker was a civil defence Regional Government Headquarters, yes it was
sold in the mid 90's

> Brackla also has, or had, a huge sprawling WWII explosive works with
> underground train tunnels, blast shelters, bunkers and so on. They
> were busily demolishing and burying it when I last visited.

There are still reminants of the old ROF buildings, the magazines are
partially covered and demolished. But it looks like they had a tiny bit of
trouble drilling through the ferro concrete roof! Seems they gave up!
Bunkers 1 to 4 ish are covered but either the right hand or left hand
tunnels have been excavated for some reason and you can gain access to them
if you are brave enough.